Acanthohelicospora pinicola
Acanthohelicospora pinicola Boonmee & K.D. Hyde, in Boonmee et al., Fungal Diversity 68(1): 251 (2014).
Index Fungorum number: IF 550573; Facesoffungi number: FoF 00173 Fig. 1
Description: see Boonmee et al. (2014).
Material considered: see Boonmee et al. (2014).
Fig. 1 Acanthohelicospora pinicola (MFLU 10–0049, holotype). a, b Host substrate. c Superficial ascomata on substrate, note ascomata surrounded by black setae. d Vertical section of ascoma. e Peridium with dark setae. f Pseudoparaphyses. g–j Asci. k–n Ascospores. o, p Colonies on MEA from surface and reverse. q Conidiophores developing on hyphae and conidiogenous cells. r, s Conidia. Scale bars: c = 200 µm, d, e, g = 100 µm, f, q–s = 10 µm, h–j = 50 µm, k–n = 20 µm.
Importance and distribution
Acanthohelicospora comprises four species known from Pinus sp. and Tsuga canadensis (Pinaceae). Acanthohelicospora is known from Asia (Thailand), North America (New York) and South America (Guyana) (Boonmee et al. 2014, Rossman et al. 2016, Lu et al. 2018b).
References
Boonmee S, Rossman AY, Liu JK, Li WJ et al. 2014 – Tubeufales, ord. nov., integrating sexual and asexual generic names. Fungal Diversity 68, 239–298.
Lu YZ, Boonmee S, Bhat DJ, Hyde KD, Kang JC. 2017– Helicosporium luteosporum sp. nov. and Acanthohelicospora aurea (Tubeufaceae, Tubeufales) from terrestrial habitats. Phytotaxa 319, 241–253.
Lu YZ, Liu JKJ, Hyde KD, Jeewon R, Kang JC, Fan C, Boonmee S, Bhat DJ, Luo ZL, Lin CG, Eungwanichayapant PD. 2018 – A taxonomic reassessment of Tubeufales based on multi-locus phylogeny and morphology. Fungal Diversity 92, 131–344.
Rossman AY, Allen WC, Castlebury LA. 2016 – New combinations of plant-associated fungi resulting from the change to one name for fungi. IMA Fungus 7, 1–7. https://doi.org/10.5598/imafungus.2016.07.01.01
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